At Anchor

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 16.4 x 22 cm (6 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
    mount: 27.6 x 35 cm (10 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.213

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    65A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    232

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 232.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper right verso, in graphite: 03

Wikidata ID

Q64034744

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For Stieglitz’s description of boats landing in Katwijk, see Key Set number 225.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 50.823

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1991.076.0015

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1978-183-2 (inscribed: “At Anchor, Katwyk,” 1894 / Alfred Stieglitz / For Dorothy Norman—/ March 28, 1946)

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